Living Sacrifice
Fr. Christopher Mahar offers Catholic homilies that focus on the Gospel, the teachings of Sacred Scripture and the Catholic Church. How do I grow in my Catholic faith? How do I learn more about Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God? the Bible and the Sacred Liturgy provide answers to our questions about God, faith, life, death, heaven and hell. Why do we suffer? Where is God in our lives? How do I grow in prayer? God has answers to the questions that matter most!
Episodes
117 episodes
God & Neighbor: Near
God draws intimately close to us in the person of Christ. He cares for us and heals our wounds by His compassion and mercy. We are called to do the same and recognize that if God is near, our neighbor is also near.
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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8:34
Mystery of Redemption
In the Liturgy this weekend we pray, "O God, who in the abasement of your Son have raised a fallen world . . ." It is through the mystery of the cross that God redeems the world. How are we called to unite ourselves to that cross an...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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8:23
Ss. Peter & Paul, and Providence
Saints Peter and Paul are the Patrons of the Diocese of Providence. They watch over and care for our Church by their prayers, their witness and their teaching. May we also acknowledge God's providence in our lives and offer witness ...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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8:46
Corpus Christi: An Offering
The Corpus Christi or Body of Christ, the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, is the "source and summit" of the entire Christian life (Lumen Gentium, Ecclesia de Eucharistia). Jesus offers Himself for the salvation of the world, but He al...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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10:32
Trinity and Friendship
God's innermost secret is that He is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and He has now destined us to share in that exchange (CCC, #221).
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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9:15
Creation 2.0
The Gospel of St. John is a story of the re-creation, a recapitulation of Genesis in which the Evangelist is showing us the healing work of God in restoring the brokenness of creation. The high point is Christ breathing on the disciples i...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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9:39
Unity and Communion
Christ calls us to be one, as He and the Father are one. This unity participates in the creative and redemptive work of God.
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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8:34
The Apostolic Church
The Church is Apostolic in her origin, in her teaching and in her structure. God guides and directs the Church in every age and sends us out to make Him known in the world we live in.
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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8:46
Path to Glory
The road to heaven is difficult, described by Jesus as a way that is narrow and hard. Along this road Jesus accompanies us and, even now, gives us a glimpse of His glory.
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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8:37
Sheep & Shepherds
Jesus is the lamb that shepherds us to the source of life-giving waters. His sacrifice on the cross is precisely what guides and directs our should to new and everlasting life. He is the Lamb of Sacrifice and the Good Shepherd.
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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9:02
Communion of Saints
In the Apostle's Creed we profess that we believe in the "Communion of Saints." The Communion of Saints consists in the Church on earth or the Church Militant, the Church Suffering and the Church Triumphant. God calls us strive and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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8:28
Proof of Love
St. Paul tells us that "God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Divine Mercy is living proof that God exists and that He has given us grace, forgiveness and a new beginning. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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8:51
Easter Movement
The empty tomb sets everything in motion as we see Christ risen from the dead. God moves us to love Him and our neighbor like never before. In the Easter Season we embrace the movement of God in our lives and in our world.
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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8:26
Journey to Easter
Christ came on the ultimate journey from heaven to earth to grant us forgiveness and renewal of life. St. Paul tells us how "God greatly exalted him," and He now invites us to join Christ on this journey towards Easter and to everlasting ...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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4:46
Edge of Freedom
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. God invites us to leave the past behind and to begin a new life with Christ in freedom, grace and love.
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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8:12
Restoration
St. Paul tells us that "Whoever is in Christ is a new creation." God reconciles us in Christ and restores us once again to new and everlasting life.
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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9:29
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God Comes Down
In the mystery of suffering, and in our deepest needs, God comes down to us to bring us a new beginning and eternal life.
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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9:20
St. Patrick & the Light of Hope
God shines His divine light into our lives and gives us hope. We remember that God will never fail or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) and with hearts filled with living faith, we follow Him.
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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29:24
A New Exodus
Jesus appears on Mount Tabor and is Transfigured before the Apostles Peter, James and John. Moses and Elijah appear to Him and St. Luke says they spoke about "the exodus" He was to accomplish in Jerusalem. Jesus leads us through a n...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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9:37
Our Lenten Journey
Christ takes our human nature and enters into the desert to combat Satan and overcome temptation. He teaches us how to give ourselves entirely to God.
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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8:28
A Love Like God's
God calls each of us to love and this weekend challenges us to love even our enemies. By Christ living and loving in us we can hope follow this great commandment and truly be His disciples.
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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8:13
Path of Beatitude
God calls us to follow that path that leads to new and eternal life. Practicing the presence of God allows us to find that path and to stay on it.
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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8:39
Called in to the Deep
God calls us to a particular vocation and He also calls each of us to holiness of life. Discovering His amazing grace, we are often overwhelmed by our own unworthiness, yet He purifies us and sends us out on mission!
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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8:42
